On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Sam Hartman wrote:
OK. If this is just an assumption and not backed by evidence, I would
suspect that outside of the web you see a lot less use of the big CAs.
Web-style TLS is used for authenticating the server in other protocols
too, such as IMAP, submission-mode SMTP, XMPP, etc. etc. and in all these
cases it is extremely desirable not to have to set up a local CA because
the user interface for configuring client software is so bad.
Tony.
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BISCAY: WEST 5 OR 6 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SHOWERS AT FIRST. MODERATE OR
GOOD.
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